75 Twitter Quotes For Inspiration

Social media platforms, particularly Twitter, have become a treasure trove of quick, impactful insights that can spark motivation and fuel personal growth. In just 280 characters, the brevity of a tweet often captures wisdom, encouragement, and inspiration that can resonate deeply with us. Whether you're seeking a boost to start your day, a gentle reminder to persevere, or a profound thought to reflect upon, our curated collection of the top 75 Twitter quotes is sure to provide the inspiration you need. Dive in and let these nuggets of wisdom ignite your passion and guide your journey.

1. “Twitter provides us with a wonderful platform to discuss/confront societal problems. We trend Justin Bieber instead.” - Lauren Leto

2. “Its like a sort of internet Ren Fair. Its like Dungeons & Dragons but for cool people who have got friends.” - Craig Ferguson

3. “Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it's someone else's witch being hunted.” - Walter Kirn

4. “@bobbybaird i'm a writer, so are you. we try to compose our thoughts and words for effect as well as sense. vain of us? a bit.” - Walter Kirn

5. “When Loughner himself speaks and we find out his real influences are Spiderman, 'Gnome Chomsky,' Taylor Swift, and Dr. Bronner, then what?” - Walter Kirn

6. “Given Loughner's obsession with meaninglessness and language, maybe Foucault & Derrida deserve some fault here, too.” - Walter Kirn

7. “[T]he anti-vitriol vitriol is getting ugly.” - Walter Kirn

8. “This is how it works now with the news: the story begins with a moral, then a narrative is fashioned to support it.” - Walter Kirn

9. “Dear Teens at Starbucks wearing 'Abstain from Sex 2 Attain Ur Goals' t-shirts: Doesn't it depend on what my goals are?” - John Green

10. “This could be addictive.” - Kevin Pietersen

11. “New Labour leader Ed Miliband announces plan to 'make this party slightly less unelectable by 2015'. He added: 'I am Ed, the Almighty One.'Defeated brother David Miliband overheard muttering: 'Now I know how Wayne Christ felt after little Jesus came along.” - Andy Zaltzman

12. “Most people give up their pursuit of genius early on and spend their lives desperately seeking it in others.” - K.A. Laity

13. “Great News! If you quit being cunty the whole world will stop being against you!” - Sarah Silverman

14. “Stupid quotes are only Twitters in disguise.” - Shannon Alder

15. “American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it.” - Glenn Greenwald

16. “I realise people exist who don't read. But it's like I knew there were people who didn't breathe or eat: I can't imagine a life like that.” - Sarah Rees Brennan

17. “I don't mind bigots. You're allowed to be bigoted, if that makes you happy. Just do it at home. And not around the children.” - Maureen Johnson

18. “لم “يكح” حاكم عربي مع أمريكا… بحجه أن صدره سليم” - جلال عامر

19. “إوعى تشك فى مصر حتى لو سهرت برة البيت” - جلال عامر

20. “النظم العربية بارعة في توصيف التهم للمعارضين: تعكير الصفو- إغضاب البورصة- إطلاق شائعات إلى الفضاء الخارجى- تكوين جمعية بهدف قبضها الأول” - جلال عامر

21. “المحاكمات المضحكة والتصريحات المبكية التى أصابتنى بالاكتئاب وجعلتنى أترمى على صدر «فرخة» وأعيط” - جلال عامر

22. “قال علي بابا وهو في المغارة إيه ده؟… ذهب… ياقوت… مرجان… حديد… أحمدك يا رب… فسمع صوتاً يقول له «مالكش دعوة بالحديد… سيبه مطرحه»!ا” - جلال عامر

23. “حقوق الإنسان: هو حق المواطن في ألا يتم إهانته إلا تحت إشراف ضابط” - جلال عامر

24. “إذا كان عندك «صنعة» فإن عدوك هو ابن كارك وإذا كان عندك «بنت» فإن عدوك هو ابن جارك” - جلال عامر

25. “Learn to trust your instincts. Only something dead goes with the tide. Only something living can go against it.” - Tony Parsons

26. “If contemporary literary fiction doesn't read a bit like science fiction then it's probably not all that contemporary, is it” - Warren Ellis

27. “What is more likely? That tomorrow will be called 'Thursday' or that Maxine Waters will play the race card in her ethics investigation?” - Jonah Goldberg

28. “I don't think twice about picking up my dog's poop, but if another dog's poop is next to it, I think, 'Eww, dog poop!” - Jonah Goldberg

29. “Gov. Christie says 'New Jersey First.' State-based Isolationism!” - Jonah Goldberg

30. “Nice mix of Tory MPs saying this issue shouldn't be used for petty political pointscoring, & Tory MPs trying to score petty political points.” - Andy Zaltzman

31. “I think there needs to be a meeting to set an agenda for more meetings about meetings.” - Jonah Goldberg

32. “The British version of 'Shit My Dad Says' is really entertaining.” - Jeremy Scahill

33. “Tom Friedman says China is so awesome they make kosher pigs.” - Jonah Goldberg

34. “Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else.” - Glenn Greenwald

35. “I am just mystified by these people telling me I would think Obama was doing a great job if his skin contained less melanin.” - Jonah Goldberg

36. “I got my dad a great father's Day present. He called to say: 'Ach. Zis present is so good I now think it vas almost vorth having children.” - Johann Hari

37. “Because of racism, he can't govern effectively' is not a great argument for re-election.” - James Taranto

38. “Some libs took offense at my David Broder quip earlier. In my own defense, I was taught in college it's OK to disrespect dead white males.” - James Taranto

39. “#Twitter: proudly promoting ghastly grammar and silly misspelling since 2006.” - E.A. Bucchianeri

40. “We have one precious life: do something extraordinary today, even if it's tiny. A pebble starts the avalanche.” - K.A. Laity

41. “A number I'd love to know: the % of those now saying 'we have to vote Obama to stop an attack on Iran' who will support one if Obama does it.” - Glenn Greenwald

42. “My guest Newt Gingrich shut down the government during the Clinton administration. I'll ask him when it's gonna start working again.” - Stephen Colbert

43. “Terrorism': the word that means nothing, yet justifies everything.” - Glenn Greenwald

44. “As always, imagine how great the press corps would be if it devoted 1/1000th the energy to dissecting non-sex political wrongdoing” - Glenn Greenwald

45. “There hasn't been a scandal this big at the C.I.A. since (CLASSIFIED) committed (CENSORED) to (REDACTED).” - Stephen Colbert

46. “OK, publishing a book and releasing a movie is all very well, but Tottenham beating Man. U. 3-2... priceless.” - Salman Rushdie

47. “To cut 1930s jobless, FDR taxed corps and rich. Govt used money to hire many millions. Worked then; would now again. Why no debate on that?” - Richard D. Wolff

48. “Your working assumption, when you meet a homophobe, should be that they are gay.” - Johann Hari

49. “I'd like to vote for the candidate similar to the one the Right absurdly claims Obama is.” - Glenn Greenwald

50. “It's common to go from 'crashing the gate' to guarding it.” - Glenn Greenwald

51. “I was, a near grown man, sat in his dank, dark and rickety digs, feverishly hovering about the glare of a computer screen like a disorientated moth, one searching for a flaming light of recognition from someone/anyone!” - Tom Conrad

52. “...some say Twitter seems trite and lacks weightiness - but in actuality, it lends itself to poetry - it can be very compressed and intense...” - John Geddes

53. “F. Scott Fitzgerald believed inserting exclamation points was the literary equivalent of an author laughing at his own jokes, but that's not the case in the modern age; now, the exclamation point signifies creative confusion. All it illustrates is that even the writer can't tell if what they're creating is supposed to be meaningful, frivolous, or cruel. It's an attempt to insert humor where none exists, on the off chance that a potential reader will only be pleased if they suspect they're being entertained. Of course, the reader isn't really sure, either. They just want to know when they're supposed to pretend to be amused.” - Chuck Klosterman

54. “For those suggesting criticisms of drone kills should wait until the election: that'd be reasonable if he stops killing until the election.” - Glenn Greenwald

55. “To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.” - Alain De Botton

56. “Cuando una persona se configura para expresarse en 140 caracteres, cuando se habitúa al dicterio o al insulto, pierde capacidad para la argumentación, que es la médula del pensamiento.” - Fernando Savater

57. “The thinnest tendrils of dawn are creeping in from the east. People in New York are softly starting to tweet.” - Robin Sloan

58. “If you want to write a negative review, don't tickle me gently with your aesthetic displeasure about my work. Unleash the goddamn Kraken."[on Twitter, July 17, 2012]” - Scott Lynch

59. “Apparently our portmanteau is trending on Twitter." He let out a self-deprecating laugh. "I didn't even know what a portmanteau was before Jukebox Hero. It's a mashup of our names, like Brangelina or Robsten. No idea what ours is -- what do our names make?" He considered this a for a moment before shaking his head. "It's probably awful," he decided. "Could be worse, though; I hear the portmanteau for the main characters in The Hunger Games is... well, their names are Peeta and Katniss. I'll let you guys figure that one out on your own.” - Andrea D. Smith

60. “She went in the pool," she finished for me. "Ohmigod. She was killed while tweeting. It was Twittercide!” - Gemma Halliday

61. “It's August, which means Congress is on recess and Mitch McConnell has shimmied back into the ocean to seek a mate.” - Stephen Colbert

62. “The Yankees' Facebook page was hacked. The hacker was immediately purchased and signed to a 5 year contract with the Yankees.” - Stephen Colbert

63. “Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs.” - Glenn Greenwald

64. “A new study shows that having a severe phobia can hasten aging. But what if my greatest fear IS aging?!?” - Stephen Colbert

65. “If by some bizarre chance there turns out to be a god [...], I'm willing to bet he's an atheist too.” - Salman Rushdie

66. “I'm off for two weeks, so until I get back, take the characters in this tweet and parcel them out one per day. Use this Q wisely.” - Stephen Colbert

67. “If I had one wish, it would be for self-drying pants. Wait -- no! Unlimited wishes! How do I return these stupid pants?!” - Stephen Colbert

68. “I know it's a really hard concept to process, but the fact that Govt accuses someone of being a Terrorist doesn't mean they are.” - Glenn Greenwald

69. “After obsessively Googling symptoms for four hours, I discovered 'obsessively Googling symptoms' is a symptom of hypochondria.” - Stephen Colbert

70. “Summer movie idea: take all the sequels that are out right now, and make movies about their backstories.” - Stephen Colbert

71. “Scientists have invented a new strain of cannabis without the high. They celebrated with non-alcoholic beer and furious dry-humping.” - Stephen Colbert

72. “Mitt Romney's email was hacked! So if you start getting messages that sound like they're from a bot, he's fixed the problem.” - Stephen Colbert

73. “Will eventually grow up and get a real job. Until then, will keep making things up and writing them down.” - Neil Gaiman

74. “Bienvenidos a mi barco pirata. Vamos rumbo a Venecia, a cazar vampiros.” - Sofía Navarro

75. “On twitter, you may have a zero follower; but in real life, this is not possible because everyone has a shadow!” - Mehmet Murat ildan